- 17 Oct 2021 12:08
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People, this is just political correctness.
IMO, there is only correctness, anything that is not correct is false.
Therefore, political correctness is falseness in some sense.
Or, it is just being nice to dumb people. As in don't call them dumb to their face.
So, Columbus did 'discover' the new world for Europe. And, the 1st natives he saw 'discovered' Columbus on their beach.
My friend 'discovered' that he loved Thai food.
A native American was lecturing me about how Columbus didn't 'discover' 'America'.
She got a phone call from a friend out of state. She took a few min. to talk to her friend.
During the call she said, "I discovered the cutest French restaurant only 1/2 mile from my home."
I was certain the restaurant's owner knew his restaurant was there.
I didn't point out that she had proved me right, that is 'discover' doesn't always imply that nobody else knew what you discovered. It can, as in "Madam Curie discovered X-rays." But, this is not always part of the meaning.
Therefore, there is a common English usage of 'discover' That every adult American has used many times, that is the same as "Columbus discovered America".
This is just true. It is actually correct. If you don't like it, tough cookies.
OTOH,
Was Columbus are terrible man by our morals? Yes, he was. Very terrible. Should he have the honors we give him? I'm on the fence on this.
However, so was the "King" of the Aztecs. For us, eating people makes you a terrible man.
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